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Bitcoin SV (BSV) Network Suffers Another Major 51% Attack, Will Exchanges Delist it Now?

Bitcoin SV (BSV), the infamous forked blockchain network suffered another major 51% attack on late Tuesday when an unknown preparatory managed to roll back and alter transactions. The attackers managed to create three shadow chains of the network which were mined simultaneously. The 51% attack came to light after crypto analytic platform CoinMetric discovered it

Prashant Jha August 4, 2021

Bitcoin SV (BSV), the infamous forked blockchain network suffered another major 51% attack on late Tuesday when an unknown preparatory managed to roll back and alter transactions. The attackers managed to create three shadow chains of the network which were mined simultaneously. The 51% attack came to light after crypto analytic platform CoinMetric discovered it

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Bitcoin cash vs Bitcoin
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Bitcoin Cash (BCH) Isn’t Dead And Is Cheaper to Transact On Than Bitcoin

The Bitcoin Cash network halved its miner reward on April 9. The result, though proving that the underlying network is working as functioned, has been perilous for Roger Ver and team. It is also their first experience and the first halving since the split from Bitcoin in 2017. While Bitcoin Cash now contends with losing

Dalmas Ngetich April 10, 2020

The Bitcoin Cash network halved its miner reward on April 9. The result, though proving that the underlying network is working as functioned, has been perilous for Roger Ver and team. It is also their first experience and the first halving since the split from Bitcoin in 2017. While Bitcoin Cash now contends with losing

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How Ethereum Classic Survived “Certain Death” To Boost 250% In The Past Month

As the Ethereum Classic community celebrates its first anniversary since the unfortunate 51% attack, there is a feeling around the market that the 250% spike since Dec. 23 is just the beginning for the “Original Ethereum”. After a considerable while away from the mainstream crypto media, Ethereum Classic (ETC) – the original Ethereum – is

Lujan Odera January 21, 2020

As the Ethereum Classic community celebrates its first anniversary since the unfortunate 51% attack, there is a feeling around the market that the 250% spike since Dec. 23 is just the beginning for the “Original Ethereum”. After a considerable while away from the mainstream crypto media, Ethereum Classic (ETC) – the original Ethereum – is

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BCH chain reorg
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Bitcoin Cash [BCH] ‘Reorg’ Stirs Crypto-Community, Good Intent Vs Decentralization

Two Mining pools, BTC.com and BTC.top, have allegedly carried out a re-organization of the Bitcoin Cash [BCH] chain to reverse two malicious transactions. It was made possible by carrying out a ‘51% attack’ attack on the blockchain. The move has sparked a controversy in the cryptocurrency community because of concerns over Bitcoin Cash’s [BCH] decentralization

Nivesh Rustgi May 25, 2019

Two Mining pools, BTC.com and BTC.top, have allegedly carried out a re-organization of the Bitcoin Cash [BCH] chain to reverse two malicious transactions. It was made possible by carrying out a ‘51% attack’ attack on the blockchain. The move has sparked a controversy in the cryptocurrency community because of concerns over Bitcoin Cash’s [BCH] decentralization

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News Flash: Vigilant Community and Active Core Team Helps Dash Avert a Near 51% Attack

A Reddit user and few media house reported that some Dash wallet addresses comprised around 51% of all Dash mining hash rates. But, after examination, Dash’s Core Group has finally announced that the entity in control of the wallets is clean and doesn’t plan to attack. Suspected Dash wallets remove their hashing power from NiceHash

Nilesh Maurya January 13, 2019

A Reddit user and few media house reported that some Dash wallet addresses comprised around 51% of all Dash mining hash rates. But, after examination, Dash’s Core Group has finally announced that the entity in control of the wallets is clean and doesn’t plan to attack. Suspected Dash wallets remove their hashing power from NiceHash

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Ethereum Founder Vitalik Buterin Released New Consensus Algorithm to Fight Attacks

In an event where Ethereum is losing some key clients and potential uses cases to Tron, Stellar and EOS, Vitalik has come up with a new paper that explains the new algorithm require control on more than 99% of nodes of the Blockchain to carry out an attack. Attack would become nearly impossible with this

Sunil Sharma August 26, 2018

In an event where Ethereum is losing some key clients and potential uses cases to Tron, Stellar and EOS, Vitalik has come up with a new paper that explains the new algorithm require control on more than 99% of nodes of the Blockchain to carry out an attack. Attack would become nearly impossible with this

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Reports of Verge Suffering a 51% Attack Surface For the Third Time

After suffering from 51% attack twice, Verge coin has made a hat trick with another 51% attack. Ocminer of Bitcointalk who reported the last two attacks confirmed it this time as well. Right now in the green, it is to be seen if the third time will be dreadful for the XVG prices and market

Stan Peterson May 30, 2018

After suffering from 51% attack twice, Verge coin has made a hat trick with another 51% attack. Ocminer of Bitcointalk who reported the last two attacks confirmed it this time as well. Right now in the green, it is to be seen if the third time will be dreadful for the XVG prices and market

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Is Verge on the Verge of Collapse After getting Hacked & Losing 35M XVG Coins

Yesterday Verge got hit with a 51% attack again that resulted in the mining of about 35 million XVG coins within 2 hours. In the last 24-hours Verge price have fallen about 14%. XVG price takes a hit as Verge gets hacked The privacy coin, Verge (XVG) has suffered yet another attack that is affecting

Lauren May 23, 2018

Yesterday Verge got hit with a 51% attack again that resulted in the mining of about 35 million XVG coins within 2 hours. In the last 24-hours Verge price have fallen about 14%. XVG price takes a hit as Verge gets hacked The privacy coin, Verge (XVG) has suffered yet another attack that is affecting

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What Is 51% Attack In Bitcoin? Can Crypto Mining Pools Invade A Majority Attack On Bitcoin?

  As the cryptocurrency mining is becoming less profitable for the small miners with rising electricity costs and a shrunken market due to big commercial miners pool, these pools pose a risk of a 51% attack to the cryptocurrency. Understanding the concept of 51% attack A 51 percent or majority attack is an attack on

Stan Peterson April 16, 2018

  As the cryptocurrency mining is becoming less profitable for the small miners with rising electricity costs and a shrunken market due to big commercial miners pool, these pools pose a risk of a 51% attack to the cryptocurrency. Understanding the concept of 51% attack A 51 percent or majority attack is an attack on